Archive for May, 2009
« Previous EntriesThe QE2 hotel project appears to be on hold in Dubai.
Saturday, May 30th, 2009QE2 arriving in Dubai last November.
Will the QE2 make cruise ship history as a hotel or eventually be sent to the scrap heap?
The QE2 hotel project appears to be on hold in Dubai.
Looking forlorn, forgotten and unloved, Cunard’s former queen of the Atlantic swelters under the glare of the fierce, unremitting Dubai sun as [...]
Delta Line – The last truly American flag passenger steamship company.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Delta Line (Mississippi Shipping Co.), New Orleans (1919-85)
Cruising The Past looks at the Delta Line. They provided service from Gulf of Mexico and east coast of South America; originally established by coffee merchants to ship Brazilian produce directly to the Mississippi Valley through New Orleans, bypassing New York. Officially the Mississippi Shipping Company until 1962, [...]
World War II Canadian Pacific Railway Coastal Night Boat Schedule.
Monday, May 25th, 2009World War II Canadian Pacific Princess Lines Schedule issued in 1944. Memorial Day cruising the past looks at probably the only coastal passengers ships operating during World War II. Seattle residents were fortunate because they could head north to Victoria and Vancouver by boat. These schedules show operations between Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria. Many of [...]
Furness Bermuda Line – The “Millionaires” ships from New York to Bermuda.
Monday, May 25th, 2009Furness Bermuda Line – The “Millionaires” ships from New York to Bermuda.
In 1919 Furness Bermuda Line was awarded the mail contract for the New York to Bermuda service.
This service reached its zenith in the years just before the Second World War when Furness Bermuda Line ordered two magnificent luxury liners – the Monarch of Bermuda [...]
Can you identify these two ships?
Monday, May 25th, 2009Identify these two ships. There were no captions. One appears to be a coastal night boat and the other a steamer from the 1920s. Crusiing the past – cruise history puzzle!
A nostalgic look at the SS CATALINA and SS AVALON.
Friday, May 22nd, 20091950s RETRO: THE BIG WHITE CRUISE SHIP SAILS AGAIN TO CATALINA ISLAND! from CRUISINGTHEPAST.COM on Vimeo.
A nostalgic look at the SS CATALINA and SS AVALON.
They were called the BIG WHITE STEAMERS. These day tourist steamships operated together by William Wrigley Company from 1920 into the early 1950s — except for WW 2. The SS [...]
J. Pierpont Morgan’s yacht Corsair IV became a cruise ship to Mexico.
Friday, May 22nd, 2009J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. could never have imagined his yacht Corsair IV being converted into a deluxe cruise ship whose short career would end in tragedy but it happened on a sailing from California to Acapulco in 1949.
J.P. Morgan Jr. and his legendary business tycoon father, J. Pierpont Morgan, made cruise history, owning four magnificent [...]
Website of the month: AIRSHIPS.NET. All about the airship Hindenberg.
Monday, May 18th, 2009Cruising the Past awards Dan Grossman’s AIRSHIPS.NET as website of the month. Grossman’s excellent site tells the story of the airship Hindenburg. She was the fastest way to “cross the pond” during the 1930s. 2 and 1/2 days! And the most expensive way to go!
The Airship Hindenburg was the last [...]
The MS Angelina Lauro was the sistership to the famed terrorist high jacked Achille Lauro.
Monday, May 18th, 2009Cruise History – The MS Angelina Lauro was the sistership to the famed terrorist high jacked Achille Lauro. Here is an excellent You Tube video of the beautiful liner converted to cruise ship.
Go to this MARITIME website for more photos.
MS Oranje, later known as MS Angelina Lauro, was a passenger liner, a wartime hospital ship [...]
Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Salvador Dali and the Windsors aboard the SS United States
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Gary Cooper and family. From an ad in Holiday Magazine – 1950s.
The SS United States, when it came to passengers, had a lot of cruise and social history. The list of celebrities, artists, musicians and heads of state that have sailed this great trans-Atlantic liner in it’s 1950’s heyday is impressive (the likes of the [...]